Affiliate Industry
MightyTips and Marathonbet collaborate on a new partnership deal to conquer the Brazilian market
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Affiliate website MightyTips and betting platform Marathonbet are entering into a new partnership that covers the Brazilian market to dominate the booming iGaming scene.
This strategic partnership will help Marathonbet to skyrocket its presence in the giant South American country with a population of over 215 million, boosting acquisition numbers in an increasingly competitive market.
A recent report by SOFTSWISS estimated that Brazilians participating in sports betting-related activity and online casinos in 2022 exceeded 46%.
The report also suggested the sports betting market in Brazil is significantly larger than that of online casinos. It is with these figures in mind that Marathonbet will seek to capitalise on.
Launched in 1997, Marathonbet has a rock-solid reputation and primarily operates under a licence issued by the Government of Curaçao. It was one of the first sportsbooks to launch an online betting service back in 2002.
Its brand is associated with some of the biggest names in football thanks to a deep-rooted commitment to the sport. In the past ten years, it has sponsored the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester United, Sevilla, and Lazio.
Eugene Ravdin, MightyTips Communications and Marketing Manager said: “Marathonbet is one of the biggest names in betting. Its long and storied evolution from the beginning of iGaming is incredible and we canât wait to work alongside them.”
A Marathonbet spokesperson said: “We are pleased to announce the beginning of a long and fruitful cooperation with MightyTips. We are sure this will bring us and the players only positive emotions, and we wish all the players good luck and many victories.”
Affiliate Industry
BALLYâS ENTERS INTO MERGER AGREEMENT WITH AFFILIATES OF STANDARD GENERAL L.P.
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Ballyâs Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement (the âMergerâ) pursuant to which Standard General L.P. (âStandard Generalâ), the Companyâs largest common stockholder, will acquire the Companyâs outstanding shares for $18.25 per Ballyâs share (the âCash Considerationâ). The price represents a 71% premium over the Companyâs 30-day volume weighted average price per share as of March 8, 2024, the last trading day before the public disclosure of Standard Generalâs initial cash acquisition proposal of $15.00 per share. In lieu of receiving the Cash Consideration, Ballyâs stockholders may elect to retain all or a portion of their Ballyâs stock by means of a rollover election. Ballyâs stockholders electing to retain all or a portion of their Ballyâs investment will continue as stockholders of the Combined Company (as defined below). The transaction values Ballyâs at approximately $4.6 billion in enterprise value. The Combined Company will remain a publicly traded registrant under the Securities Act of 1934.
Pursuant to the Merger, Ballyâs will combine with The Queen Casino & Entertainment Inc. (âQC&Eâ), a regional casino operator majority-owned by funds managed by Standard General (together, the âCombined Companyâ). QC&E is a regional gaming, hospitality and entertainment company that currently owns and operates four casinos across three states, including DraftKings at Casino Queen in East St. Louis, IL, the Queen Marquette in Marquette, IA, and the Queen Baton Rouge and the Belle of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, LA. QC&E is in the process of executing on transformational redevelopment projects at two of its four properties which are expected to be completed in 2025 and generate meaningful organic growth. The combination will expand the Companyâs Casino & Resorts segment to 19 gaming, entertainment and hospitality facilities across 11 U.S. states and enhance the Companyâs development pipeline with several exciting projects.
Jaymin Patel, Chairman of the Special Committee, said, âAfter a detailed consideration by the Special Committee, with the assistance of our outside financial and legal advisors, it was determined that the Cash Consideration from Standard General delivers a meaningful and immediate value to stockholders. We look forward to working with the team at Standard General and QC&E as we move through the process to complete the merger.â
Robeson Reeves, Ballyâs Chief Executive Officer, said, âOur team is well positioned to continue to execute on our initiatives to drive growth across all our segments including in our International Interactive business, North America Interactive and our Casinos & Resorts (âC&Râ) segments, while proceeding with our development pipeline, including construction of our permanent casino resort in Chicago, for which we recently announced a comprehensive financing plan. The addition of four complementary properties through this merger to our existing 15 domestic casino properties will add further geographic and market diversity to our portfolio. With QC&Eâs development pipeline recently completed or already well underway, we see a path toward additional revenue and EBITDAR growth and value accretion as those projects are completed in 2025. We look forward to bringing our ultimate vision to bear and to working closely with the Standard General team to execute on that vision.â
Soo Kim, Managing Partner of Standard General, said, âThe Transaction provides Ballyâs stockholders with a significant cash premium along with certainty of value for their investment or, if they elect to retain their shares, the opportunity to participate in the longer-term growth prospects of our expanded portfolio and significant development pipeline. The addition of the complementary QC&E assets builds upon the Companyâs attractive growth profile. We look forward to working with the Board of Directors and the Companyâs senior management team as they continue to execute on their business plan.â
In connection with the transaction, in addition to Standard General, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (âSinclairâ), and Noel Hayden have committed to support the Merger and to make rollover elections. As a result, at least 47% of Ballyâs outstanding fully-diluted equity interests will be rolled over into the Combined Company.
A special committee of independent and disinterested directors (the âSpecial Committeeâ) of Ballyâs Board of Directors, which has been advised by its own independent financial and legal advisors in evaluating the Merger and the Cash Consideration, determined that the Merger is in the best interest of Ballyâs and its stockholders (aside from Standard General, Sinclair and Noel Hayden) and unanimously recommended that the Companyâs Board of Directors approve the Merger. Acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, Ballyâs Board of Directors approved the Merger and recommends that stockholders approve the Merger. The factors considered by the Special Committee in arriving at its unanimous decision will be outlined in public proxy filings to be made by Ballyâs. The Ballyâs Special Committee and Board of Directors are making recommendations with respect to the Cash Consideration and are not making recommendations with respect to the rollover election.
Affiliate Industry
How Casino.org is helping players go beyond the hype
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Gaming Americas takes a closer look at how the popular online casino affiliate is educating players and putting the power in their hands to find the best online casinos
Players are always looking for new casinos to play at and bonuses to claim. But in a market where there are literally hundreds of brands to explore, finding reputable sites that offer the experiences they are seeking is easier said than done.
While casinos spend big on branding and marketing, a lot of players turn to affiliate sites to get the lowdown on each brand so that they can decide if itâs the right casino for them or not. These sites also act as an additional layer of trust as players know they have already been vetted by the affiliate.
One of the most established and trusted affiliates is Casino.org which has been helping players to go beyond the hype being generated by casino brands and educate players in terms of what they need to consider before deciding to sign up and play at a site for almost 20 years.
The site has earned a reputation among players for the quality of its casino reviews. Each brand listed on the site is put through an extensive 25-step process to determine the score it receives including security and trust, games, bonuses, banking, mobile, localisation and customer support.
This is to ensure that all aspects of the player journey and experience are taken into account and so that the casino receives a fair score for what it has to offer.
Casino.orgâs team of reviewers are always objective when putting a casino through its paces and is not afraid to highlight any areas where it has been marked down. This is because the site believes that transparency and honesty is key to fostering player trust.
Alexander Korsager, General Manager at Casino.org, says: âThere remains a lack of trust between players and the online casinos they sign up to and play at, and thatâs why we have developed such a comprehensive review process.
âWe want players to be able to have all the information they need about a casino so they can decide whether itâs right for them or not. This means being honest about what is good and bad about each brand. Of course, we only list the top brands in each market.â
Beyond its casino reviews, Casino.org has built a comprehensive âlearning hubâ packed with articles, features, interviews and guides so that players can further educate themselves about playing at online casinos.
Topics covered include how to play casino games, how to gamble responsibly, how live dealer works and a vast FAQ section that answers some of the most common questions players have.
Itâs also rolled out a dedicated video series that talks players through how to play the game of roulette including how to get started, six betting strategies and the difference between European and American roulette.
âOur learning hub has proved to be incredibly popular with players,â says Korsager. âIt arms them with the knowledge and understanding they need to make the most of the time they have at an online casino, especially when it comes to playing games like blackjack and roulette.
âPlayer education is an area where we are looking to stand out and our learning hub is a very effective way of going about this.â
All of the content written and published by Casino.org â including its famous casino reviews â is produced by gambling experts. The team is made up of online casino players with deep experience and an unrivalled understanding of what makes for a good online casino.
This is a major factor in the affiliateâs rise to the top of the industry and why it is so deeply trusted by players in more than 100 countries across the world.
âCasino.org is on the side of the player and our team of experts ensure that we produce content that is detailed, accurate and correct, says Korsager. âPlayers come to us for our honest opinions and insights, and we can only deliver this because of the truly incredible team that we have in place.
âWe have been supporting players on their mission to find new online casinos and bonuses for almost 20 years now and plan to be doing it for the next two decades and beyond.â
Affiliate Industry
How to Launch Your Affiliate Program for Any Niche in Just 2 Hours?
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Whether youâre creating an affiliate program from scratch or planning to migrate from another platform, now you can do it in just a few hours with Alanbase. These processes have never been easier and faster!
Why is that? We have ready presets for iGaming, media buying teams, e-commerce, and many other niches for both Web and Mobile. We guarantee complete customization: all metrics, dashboards, and statistics can be 100% tailored to your needs. Below, weâll explain the phenomenon of the builder because thatâs what sets us apart and makes us one of the fastest and most affordable solutions on the market. Weâll also talk about our most interesting features, such as cohort analysis, tech support, statistics, and more. Speaking of statistics: some arbitrage teams use Alanbase as a tracker and say itâs more convenient than commonly used tools. For example, each media buyer has their own dashboard where they see their statistics and takes their links to drive traffic.
Moreover, Alanbase is a platform created by industry professionals in arbitrage and casinos for similar professionals. In other words, the platform was developed by arbitrators like you, and thatâs why weâve taken care of all the details for convenient work.
So, are these details really important or not?
Goal Splitting
There is a problem where many systems cannot separate the customerâs journey into goals and only show the fact of them completing the final target action. In Alanbase, you can see the customerâs journey through various intermediate goals and use it in statistics.
- Conversion creation at the moment of the target action, not click
When using some systems and trackers, due to the absence of the concept of âGoal,â different target actions can be one conversion. Thus, Registration and Deposit can be one conversion, which will only change the status depending on what it is. Therefore, it will be impossible to count the number of Registrations and Deposits separately to calculate conversion. But with Alanbase, you will always see up-to-date data on the actual day of the target action in a convenient and readable format.
- Working with Different Currencies with Real-Time Conversion
Often, all user actions in a product are carried out in a local currency, and it is necessary to see statistics in the original currency, but payments can be in USD. In Alanbase, we allow you to send all actions in the original currency and make payments in the currency that suits you. Exchange rates are always up-to-date and correspond to the ECB rate.
- Setting a time window for when conversions will be paid to the webmaster
Imagine that a user registered and did not perform a paid target action immediately, but only on the 97th day after registration. Is it necessary to pay such a lead to a partner, as it is most likely the achievement of your Email marketing and customer retention department? Alanbase allows you to set a time window for paying conversions.
Many features may not seem essential when starting with any platform. But thatâs exactly what you pay attention to later! And we made sure that our users donât encounter difficulties both at the beginning and over time.
If you donât believe it, write to our product manager on Telegram, and he will show you all the customization features in action. Or, sign up for a demo call; weâve specifically allocated a few slots for this.
Your Affiliate Program or SaaS solution?
Whatâs wrong with developing your affiliate program from scratch? At first glance, the solution seems tempting. In reality, however, dozens of developers, months, or even years of work, and sums in tens of thousands of dollars stand behind your affiliate program. As a result: itâs a quite labor-intensive process that hides many pitfalls and requires experience in the niche. Design mistakes at the start of development can lead to consequences that will only be visible months into development when there is no turning back, and it turns out that time and funds were directed in the wrong direction.
Using SaaS solutions saves not only money and time but is also the most attractive and intuitive way to create your affiliate program and manage affiliate campaigns. The question is, which SaaS company to choose? Every SaaS company calls itself the most stable, intuitive, fast, flexible, scalable, and other epithets until marketers run out of imagination. And here you are, reading reviews, looking for honest feedback, asking colleagues and acquaintances, but all this wonât help until you know it in practice.
In practice, you can encounter the following situations: either the functionality is too complex, and a very good specialist is needed for training, or the opposite situationâthere is little functionality and it is insufficient. There are systems that seem to fit all criteria, but when you start working with them, another pitfall emerges: unstable operation.
Many of our clients switched to us from other platforms, and we ask them, âWhat was missing from others?â Here are the answers we received:
- Technical support that always responds and is ready to help promptly.
- Flexibility and adaptability of the system to the needs of the business.
- Flexible real-time statistics, considering specialized tools for iGaming.
- Integration assistance.
- Speed and responsiveness of the interface.
- System stability.
- The ability to influence the functionality that is being implemented in the product.
So, is there an option that can encompass all the advantages of systems and be free from the drawbacks inherent in other systems? Yes, and thatâs Alanbaseâa universal SaaS solution for building affiliate programs, which, thanks to its adaptability and builder functionality, is suitable for almost any business direction, whether itâs E-commerce, mobile games, or products in the iGaming industry.
Constructor, you say?
If you take a closer look at our logo, you can notice the image of a parrot, and itâs not just a coincidence! A parrot is an intelligent bird capable of performing complex tricks, understanding the essence of certain mechanisms, adapting to conditions, having high intelligence, and the ability to learn. Just like us: always trainable and customizable, a constructor that constantly adapts to its clients.
To better understand our customization capabilities, we will provide a few examples that have already been implemented based on our system. Studying them, remember: all events are freely customizable, and you can always add them to the systems for tracking and use them as paid events. All you need to do is be able to inform us of the fact of this event on your S2S postback.
Need a real-time system for gambling? We can track all indicators:
- Registration,
- First Deposit,
- Repeat deposit,
- Withdrawal,
- Bet,
- Bet Calculation,
- Casino spin,
- Spin calculation,
- Balances activation and wager requirements.
- Many other arbitrary events are also supported.
Need a solution to track the economy of a product using a subscription model and one-time payments, like an online school? We can easily track all indicators:
- Registration,
- Trial activation,
- First sale,
- Repeat sale,
- One-time purchases,
- Refunds, and many other additional arbitrary events.
A solution for publishers of mobile games? Absolutely! We can track:
- Registration,
- Game start,
- Training completion,
- Achievement of any level,
- Activity after 3 days, after 7 days,
- In-game purchases, and their amounts.
- Many other additional arbitrary events are supported.
As you can see from the examples above, we can adapt to any niche and provide you with the solution you need. But adaptability to different niches is far from all that makes Alanbase a constructor.
What else?
- At Alanbase, it is unique and unparalleled. Calculations are based on information sent to us by advertisers and parameters calculated by Alanbase itself. For example:
- average daily check for a referred user,
- total payment amount per day,
- conversion from any target action to almost all available marketing metrics,
- daily EPC,
- daily ARPU,
- CR,
- average check per acquired user,
- user lifetime,
- and much more, limited only by your business requirements.
The ability to output the calculation of any indicators that can be calculated and grouped in any wayâthatâs us. Metrics in the statistics columns are calculated using arbitrary formulas limited only by your business tasks.
Smart Goals.
In Alanbase, you define the events you want to send to the system. Accordingly, you track the user actions on the product that interest you. With Alanbase, you can calculate more complex metrics. To explain with an example: You have an online English language school. Your users register, go through the training course, and either purchase full access or subscribe. There are also opportunities for one-time purchases of various add-ons. For such a school, we can offer tracking absolutely all target actions on the product: registration, completion of each lesson, tracking of each payment, tracking of payment refunds, the number of users who made 5, 10, 15, etc., payments during the entire lifecycle, and much more. You provide us with all the information on all system users, and we calculate on our side both basic metrics (1st lesson) and more complex ones, such as the number of users who made purchases totaling more than 100 USD.
Payments.
We have no pre-installed methods for any payment systems for partners to request payouts. You will work with the payment methods practiced in your company and will have no restrictions. What other advantages does Alanbase offer? Above, we delved a bit into statistics and explained the phenomenon of the constructor. Letâs look at the features of Alanbase functionality and discuss what sets us apart.
Cohort Analysis:
Few have it ready-made. Yet, it is an exceptionally useful feature that allows you to assess the activity of users attracted to your products by your partners. It helps evaluate their profitability and allows adjustments to the economic model of interaction with your partners. It is as customizable as our statistics. By using the same logic, you can define arbitrary formulas based on parameters calculated by Alanbase and those sent by advertisers. For example, you can track activity based on any arbitrary indicators such as payment amount, quantity, conversion from one payment to another, hitting certain KPIs, etc., grouped by weeks. This allows you to see how each cohort of product users manifests activity every week.
Role Management:
Our role system allows flexible management of employee access. We donât just limit access to sections of the system; we differentiate rights for specific actions. For example, you can create roles for a technical integrator who wonât have access to statistics or for a finance employee who will only deal with payouts. The role management system also allows managers to have access only to their assigned partners. Managers will see statistics, working conditions, and data directly for the partners they are assigned to, rather than all registered in the system.
Technical Support:
Yes, we are confident that a separate paragraph is needed here. After all, what could be easier than diving into a partner program specifically tailored for you and navigating freely? However, despite our interface being straightforward for our clients and having reference materials available, any system will have peculiarities that may not be immediately clear, requiring assistance in such cases. Our support responds quickly within a day, helping not only with the systemâs functionality but also with solving complex partner cases. Our support specialists assist with onboarding and training staff to work with the system, help with integration model and initial setup, understand your traffic flow, advise on the best use of the platform, assist with integrating trackers and applications into Alanbase, as well as third-party solutions like AppsFlyer, work on and assist with migration from the current service to Alanbase, and help configure statistics and the system to meet your needs and business requirements.
Here are just a few questions our support specialists help with:
- Onboarding and training staff to work with the system
- Assisting with the integration model and initial setup, considering the specifics of your business
- Understanding your traffic flow and advising on how best to use the platform
- Assisting with the integration of trackers and applications into Alanbase, as well as third-party solutions like AppsFlyer
- Working on and assisting with migration from the current service to Alanbase
- Helping configure statistics and the system to meet your needs and business requirements
In Alanbase, Support is our clientsâ friend!
Non-stop Optimization:
We are constantly improving and refining both the server and client parts of our service. Work is ongoing to improve the speed and stability of services. Continuous efforts are made to improve the intuitiveness of client dashboards by studying the use cases of our current clients. Only modern management and development methodologies, the fastest technologies, and solutions are used in our service. For example, we recently increased the RPS of the redirector by optimizing the code. This increased the link redirection speed tenfold and increased our throughput.
We also develop according to client requests: collecting feedback on existing functionality and new features that need to be developed to meet their needs. Some of the latest improvements include implementing invoice auto-generation for potential clients and an anti-fraud system for another active client.
Who is already with us?
The 4rabet team â is a large company operating in the iGaming market in India. The team needed to migrate from a custom system using third-party services to a new platform that would provide unified accumulation of all data without using external services and allow quick configuration of player qualifications for payment. Alanbase was proposed for the team.
The product underwent a one-time integration, and currently, only the internal Alanbase tool called âSmart Goalsâ is used to create dynamic working conditions with partners (Min. deposits, Baselines, User activity), without requiring intervention from the product. In addition to the standard referral link for user acquisition, Promo Codes were connected, actively used by partners to attract traffic, and, most importantly, actions of users registered via promo codes can also be seen within the statistics and reported to external systems for advertising campaign optimization.
Inside Alanbase, the unique functionality of building customizable statistics and customizable cohort analysis, unparalleled in the market, is actively used. This functionality allows calculating all required product indicators (e.g., Average Check, ROI).
SeriousPartners is a well-known program operating in the mobile subscription sphere. The team needed a platform to launch a second affiliate program in the iGaming industry, with an easy-to-use interface and event tracking categorization, providing the ability to request partner payouts to various payment systems. Several SaaS solutions were considered, and the choice was made in favor of Alanbase.
- The service was provided to the team;
- assistance was given in client setup;
- the integration model with problematic advertisers was worked out;
- a series of operational system improvements were made upon the clientâs request;
- operational support is provided at all stages of operation.
The AffGods team â is one of the most experienced and large teams in influencer traffic in the affiliate market. The owner of the arbitrage team, Bogdan, approached us with a request to customize the solution for their goals and tasks. The team needed to find a replacement for the Keitaro tracker, as working with the tracker was accompanied by inconveniences: buyers did not have separate links, statistics were consolidated in one account, and all statistics were strictly divided by sub_id tags. Keitaro also lacked goal separation; for example, Registration and First Deposit were considered a single conversion. We helped integrate all offers the team works with. Essentially, we set up a system where we receive all available information from the advertiser, and the team sees all statistics exactly as on the product. This allows analyzing traffic quality independently, without waiting for uploads from the advertiser. Each media buyer also got their own personal dashboard where they could see their statistics and independently take links to drive traffic. At the clientâs request, functionality was added to allow media buyers to have multiple administrative roles. In the future, expense input will be implemented, allowing for daily ROI calculations.
How to get started?
Right now, you can view the platform demo and test it for free for 14 days. You can also ask questions to our product to understand how Alanbase will work in your case. We support clients at all stages, from application to deployment, and provide support throughout the entire period of working with us. After the initial introduction and the decision to start cooperation, we quickly set up a separate client for you. If necessary, we work out the integration model and provide recommendations on which events to track and what we can see in the statistics. If you are already working on a solution and considering moving to Alanbase, we can transfer and import all your current data into the system â partner base, statistics, offers, deals, and much more. Next, we conduct onboarding and train your employees to use the system, help with mastering it, and answer all questions.
How to Launch Your Affiliate Program for Any Niche in Just 2 Hours?
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